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gehðo

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.
Care, anxiety; cura, solicitudo
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  • Gomol on gehðo eówic grétan hét

    the aged [prince] in sadness commanded to greet you,

    • Beo. Th. 6181
      • ;
    • B. 3095
      • .

  • Gehðomǽnan

    to bemoan misery,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3095
      • ;
    • An. 1550
      • .

  • Iudas cwæþ ðæt he ðæt on gehðu gesprǽce

    Judas said that he spoke that in trouble,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1331
      • ;
    • El. 667
      • .

  • Ne meahte he ða gehðu bebúgan

    he could not avoid the sorrow,

    • 1215
      • ;
    • El. 609
      • .

  • Ic sceal gehðu mǽnan

    I must lament my cares,

    • Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 1
      • ;
    • Jul. 391
      • .

  • Oft mec gehða gemanode

    often sorrow hath admonished me,

    • 50 a; Th. 174, 22
      • ;
    • Gú. 1181
      • .

  • Sceal se gǽst cuman gehðum hrémig

    the ghost shall come moaning with anxiety,

    • 98 a; Th. 367, 18
      • ;
    • Seel. 9 : 9 a; Th. 6, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 90
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 643
      • ;
    • El. 322 : 1059
      • ;
    • El. 531
      • .

  • Geohðo mǽnaþ

    they lament their grief,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3329
      • ;
    • An. 1667
      • .

  • Ic þurh geohða sceal dǽda fremman

    I must do deeds with sorrow,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 132
      • ;
    • An. 66
      • .

  • Sceal se gást cuman geohðum hrémig

    the spirit shall come sadly lamenting,

    • Soul Kmbl. 18
      • ;
    • Seel. 9
      • .

  • He ðǽr ána sæt geoðum geómor

    he sat there alone sad with sorrows,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2015
      • ;
    • An. 1010
      • .

  • Gomel on giohðe gold sceáwode

    the aged [man] beheld the gold in sorrow,

    • Beo. Th. 5578
      • ;
    • B. 2793
      • .

  • Giohðo mǽnde

    he bewailed his afflictions,

    • 4527
      • ;
    • B. 2267
      • .

  • Geómrian on gihða

    to mourn in spirit,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 701
      • ;
    • Sal. 350
      • .

  • Éðelleáse ðysne gyst-sele gihðum healdeþ

    the homeless held in memory this guest-hall,

    • Cd. 169; Th. 212, 5
      • ;
    • Exod. 534
      • . v.
    • Grm. And. u. El. p. 97
      • .
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v.  gihþu.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “gehðo.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/14786.

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